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Shoreditch 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: In the following table are given the areas of the wards in acres, and the estimated populations per acre:—

In the following table are given the areas of the wards in acres, and the estimated populations per acre:—

Ward.Area in acres.Population per acre.Ward.Area in acres.Population per acre.
Moorfields7175Whitmore76239
Church106185Kingsland72153
Hoxton78224Haggerston66190
Wenlock90197Acton83148

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In the above table the areas of the water-ways of the Regent's Canal
and of the site occupied by the Holborn Union Workhouse have not been
taken into account.
BIRTHS.
The births registered in the Borough numbered 3,553, of which 1,775 were
of males and 1,778 of females. The number corrected by the inclusion of the
births occurring in public institutions outside Shoreditch, the parents being
residents of the Borough, and the exclusion of those occurring in public institutions
within the Borough, the parents not being residents of Shoreditch, was
3,678, of which 1,841 were of males and 1,837 of females.

Table: The distribution of the corrected births in the eight wards of the Borough is given below : —

The distribution of the corrected births in the eight wards of the Borough is given below : —

Ward.Males.Females.Total.
Moorfields5173124
Church327324651
Hoxton317311628
Wenlock274257531
Whitmore294316610
Kingsland187221408
Haggerston201180381
Acton190155345
Totals1,8411,8373,678

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Outside the Borough 204 births were registered, 99 of males and 105 of
females, the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Infirmary
174 births occurred, of which 82 were of males and 92 of females. In five of
these (three of males and two of females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch.
In the Holborn Union Workhouse there were 82 births, 33 of males
and 49 of females. In 74 of these (30 male and 44 female) the parents were
not resident in the Borough.